What’s the difference between Boeing Co. and Airbus SE? One builds commercial aircraft, the other makes “gliders” (a pejorative term for passenger jets without engines.) Airbus shipped just 121 aircraft during the first quarter, the least since 2011, notes Bloomberg News’s Benjamin Katz this morning. That’s also one third fewer than Boeing managed in the same period. The main problem ...

Walmart Inc. is starting to make moves that reveal its international ambitions. The retailing giant has agreed to sell its UK grocery chain, Asda, to rival J Sainsbury PLC in a transaction worth about $10.1 billion. Walmart will retain a 42 percent stake in the combined company. That splashy deal comes amid signs Walmart is considering other big changes to ...

Bloomberg The lone non-Asian trade minister at last week’s Southeast Asian leaders’ summit in Singapore, UK Trade Minister Greg Hands had plenty of room to make the case that Brexit won’t interfere with his country’s ambitious plans in the region. As it scrambles to roll over some 40 European Union trade deals into individual agreements with the UK, London has ...

Bloomberg Larsen & Toubro Ltd., India’s largest engineering and construction company, has agreed to sell its electrical unit to a consortium led by Schneider Electric SE, people with knowledge of the matter said. A deal, which values Larsen’s electrical and automation division at about 140 billion rupees ($2.1 billion) including debt, could be announced as soon as this week, said ...

Bloomberg Japan’s traditional regional utilities, already defending their territory against nimbler new entrants, face a fresh threat: one of their own is now stealing customers thanks to cheaper nuclear-powered electricity rates. Kansai Electric Power Co. is one of a few utilities to restart atomic power plants, which will allow it to offer cheaper rates as it continues its expansion outside ...

Bloomberg Panasonic Corp. will pay about $280 million to resolve US allegations that executives at its in-flight-entertainment unit improperly hid payments to consultants in the Middle East and Asia, some of whom did little or no work for the company. The Panasonic parent company, in a settlement announced, will pay $143 million in disgorgement to the Securities and Exchange Commission, ...

Bloomberg Sony Corp. shares fell the most in almost two years after the electronics maker missed profit estimates and forecast weaker sales and operating profits across most of its business units. The stock fell 6.1 percent to 5,073 yen on Tuesday in Tokyo, the biggest one-day drop since June 2016 and the first trading session after last week’s earnings. The ...

Bloomberg Chinese consumers waiting for years to lay their hands on the Porsche sports car or the 7 series from BMW AG may soon be rewarded. Imported premium cars in the $80,000 to $240,000 range are set to benefit the most from China’s planned reduction in tariffs by about half, said James Roy, a director at luxury consultancy Agility Research ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co. is acquiring KLX Inc. for $4.25 billion in an all-cash transaction that includes $1 billion of net debt, as the world’s largest planemaker bolsters a fast-growing new division that offers maintenance, spare parts and other services to airlines. The aircraft maker will pay $63 per share for the purchase that includes KLX’s Aerospace Solutions Group and the ...

Bloomberg London’s Heathrow airport is putting the champagne on ice in anticipation of final approval for the new runway it’s been seeking for decades after a poll showed the plan has the overwhelming backing of lawmakers. The company survey suggests the 16 billion-pound ($22 billion) project is supported by 75 percent of parliamentarians, Chief Executive Officer John Holland-Kaye said on ...